Chrysotypus vittiferalis

Chrysotypus vittiferalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Thyrididae
Subfamily:	Thyridinae
Genus:	Chrysotypus
Species:	C. vittiferalis
Binomial name
	Chrysotypus vittiferalis; (Gaede, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
	Proterozeuxis vittiferalis Gaede, 1917;

Chrysotypus vittiferalis is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae. It is found in Ghana and Tanzania.

The body of this species is red-brown, and the underside of the thorax is whitish. The wings are yellow-brown with a net of thick and thin red-brown lines and a wingspan of 35 mm.[2]

References

afromoths
(in German) Gaede, Max, 1916, Die äthiopischen Thyrididen nach dem Material des Berliner zoologischen Museums.-Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 8. bd., 3. hft.:380, fig.9

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[2] (in German) Gaede, Max, 1916, Die äthiopischen Thyrididen nach dem Material des Berliner zoologischen Museums.-Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 8. bd., 3. hft.:380, fig.9